He started training in when he was only 15 and was sent to France in Though not shown in the movie, the real Ray Kroc met fellow Illinois native Walt Disney pictured right while training for the Red Cross. Krod had also lied about his age. The two men served in Ambulance Company A together but did not stay in touch much after the war, that is until Kroc contacted Disney more than dld decades later, how much money did ray kroc make lateabout putting a McDonald’s on Disney theme park property it didn’t happen, not until the maoe s. Mufh men were from Illinois and assigned to Company A, which was sent to France. They didn’t stay in touch much after the war. The Founder true story confirms that brothers Richard and Maurice «Mac» McDonald opened a drive-in barbecue and burger restaurant in Arcadia, California in and then moved it to San Bernardino in It was successful for eight years, but they eventually decided that the service was too slow and shut it down in th...